#4E72A9#4E72A9

#4E72A9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.096 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72A9
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 169)
HSL	hsl(216, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 3.56, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 33.52, 276.09°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% -0.0189 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.096 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3182, 16.5177, 39.8567)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72A9 #A9854E

analogous

#4E9FA9 #4E72A9 #574EA9

triadic

#4E72A9 #A94E72 #72A94E

tetradic

#4E72A9 #A94E9F #A9854E #4EA957

square

#4E72A9 #A94E9F #A9854E #4EA957

split-complementary

#4E72A9 #A9574E #9FA94E

monochromatic

#273A55 #3B567F #4E72A9 #7592BF #9FB3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#4E72A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#4E72A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72A9

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72A9	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C76AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C7E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.096 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ac3',
    500: '#4e72a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72a9;
$custom-light: #869ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.264,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54953,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72A9

secondary

#BFAE93

accent

#A05BCD

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72A9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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